unripe pear windfalls

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maynard

Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 23

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 17 6:42 pm Post subject: unripe pear windfalls
We have about 15 undersized hard green pears that have fallen off the tree. Not sure why, it's been breezy but apart from that there's no obvious reason. Anyway, can i pickle/salt/cook them or just chuck them in the compost. Thanks in anticipation.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 17 10:37 pm Post subject:
I reckon a Kimchee might work

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42225
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 17 10:44 pm Post subject:
I'm voting compost.

johnc

Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 101
Location: Hay on Wye

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 17 5:46 am Post subject:
Compost, no use for anything else

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 17 7:28 am Post subject:
Peel them. 2 cups of sugar to 1 litre of water plus 300ml white wine vinegar, a split vanilla pod, 3 or 4 star anise. Boil up mixture, add the pears and simmer for roughly 40 minutes or until a knife passes easily into a pear. These can be kept in the fridge for a couple of weeks. I normally eat them with yoghurt.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44405
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 17 10:43 am Post subject:
my vote is for poach in red wine, sugar ,mixed spice. cool and serve with ice cream etc. ferment and distil is possible but the flavour is "unusual" and unless you have "unusual" tastes the product is a pretty good glasses cleaning fluid or trangia fuel

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